A group of Japanese researchers at Kyoto University and a company called Sumitomo Forestry have launched the world’s first wooden satellite code-named LignoSat to space. The new spaceflight technology...
Iwao Hakamada, the world’s longest-serving death row prisoner, was acquitted by a Japanese court on Thursday, more than 50 years after his 1968 murder conviction. The...
Nigeria’s Super Falcons have crashed out of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after losing 3-1 to Japan in their final group C game on Wednesday. The...
The first wooden satellite in history has been constructed by a team of Japanese academics. The team will launch the satellite later this year to evaluate...
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan has left no fewer than four people dead and 97 injured on Wednesday. The earthquake, said to be Taiwan’s strongest...
All passengers and crew members aboard a Japan Airlines plane escaped death as the plane burst into flames after landing at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Tuesday,...
Japanese authorities on Tuesday, confirmed that a suspected gunman had taken an unknown number of people hostage at a post office in Warabi City near Tokyo....
North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into Japanese waters after threatening the United States over spy plane incursions into its territory. Japanese and...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today 1. Seedstars launches FIWAM program to promote financial inclusion...
Bullet train services have been suspended in Japan after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck central Japan on Friday. Authorities however said there is no tsunami warning...
South Korea, on Friday, said it would send a military aircraft and soldiers to evacuate its nationals stranded in Sudan, where fighting between the Sudanese Army...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world, today 1. Japan’s Sumitomo set to invest $100m in Egypt A...
The Diplomatic Missions of the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Japan, Norway and Canada in Nigeria, have further emphasized the need for a peaceful election in...
Croatia came from behind to seal a World Cup round of 16 victory over Japan as they went on to win a thrilling penalty shootout on...
Japan defeated Spain 2-1 on Thursday night to end the group stage as winners in the FIFA 2022 World Cup. Both teams however advanced to the...
Japan came from behind to beat Germany 2-1 in a thrilling group clash at the 2022 FIFA World Cup holding in Qatar. Japan caused the Khalifa...
The Super Falcons of Nigeria have fallen to a 2-0 defeat to former world champions Japan in an international friendly on Thursday afternoon. The game, played...
All systems are go for the senior women’s international friendly match between Japan and Nigeria’s Super Falcons on Thursday in Kobe. The Super Falcons delegation, which...
22 Super Falcons players have been selected by Randy Waldrum for the team’s international exhibition game versus Japan in Kobe billed for month. The team is...
A former Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, who was earlier shot at a campaign ground is reported to have died. Abe, who was shot on...
Former Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, is currently in critical condition after he was shot on Friday morning while giving a campaign speech in the western...
Japan have qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup after securing a dramatic victory over Australia on Thursday evening. Victory by the Japanese did not onlh...
Authorities in Japan have carried out its first executions since 2019 under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, after three death row inmates were hanged on Tuesday. One...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has called for the deepening of the existing bilateral relations between Nigeria and Japan. Gbajabiamila made the...
Former Japanese Princess Mako, who denounced her royalty for love, has finally moved to the United State with her newlywed ‘comoner’ husband, Kei Kumuro, Japanese public...
A Japanese Princess, Mako, is set to forego a one-off payment of $1.35 million for giving up her royal status to wed an American commoner who...
Japan has pulled out of hosting the Club World Cup in December, 2021 because of Covid-19 restrictions in the country. World football governing body, FIFA said...
Japanese city, Nagasaki, on Monday, celebrated the 76th anniversary of the US atomic bombing during World War II, with its Mayor, Tomihisa Taue, urging the United...
Mexico have emerged winners of the third-place match at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics men’s football ti win bronze in the event on Friday. The North Americans...
Nigeria women’s basketball team, D’Tigress have crashed out of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics after losing to Japan in their final group game on Monday morning. The...
Japan’s Naomi Osaka was handed a shock exit from the ongoing Tokyo Olympic Games on Tuesday morning after she lost in the third round. Osaka, who...
The Japanese government has pledged $39 million support to Nigeria and 31 other African and Latin American nations afflicted by COVID-19 for the construction of a...
A 39-year-old Japanese man, Takashi Miyagawa, has been arrested for allegedly dating and defrauding 35 women at the same time, by telling each victim he wanted...
This line-up of stories will help you discover the latest happenings around the tech world today. 1. Japan-based VC secures $18.4m to support African startups Samurai...
World’s oldest professional footballer, Kazuyoshi Miura has signed a new contract with his club, Yokohama, at the age of 53. With the new deal, the record-breaking...
A senior official in Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government said on Sunday the Asian country’s daily tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases has hit a record...
This information was disclosed by the Japanese Health Ministry Advisory Body in accordance with a policy approved on Friday, in a bid to curb serious and...
The long arm of the law has finally caught up with Shinji Aoba, 42, who faces murder, and arson charges after he stormed into a studio...
The Federal Government on Wednesday, announced a travel ban on 13 countries over the ravaging coronavirus disease, also known as COVID-19. Secretary to the Government of...
The death toll arising from the spread of the deadly coronavirus which has quickly spread across the globe has jumped to 1,113 with 39 more people...
China, Japan and South Korea have agreed to work together to promote dialogue between the United States and North Korea, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said...
A Japanese company is gearing up for the world’s first artificial meteor shower as it will send a satellite into space to produce a galaxy of...
Naver Corp., South Korea’s No. 1 internet portal, said Monday that its Japanese messaging app provider Line Corp. has reached a basic merger deal with internet...
The death toll arising from the deadly typhoon Hagibis which made a land fall in Tokyo, Japan early on Sunday has risen from 33 to 66....
The death toll arising from the deadly typhoon Hagibis which caused a land fall in Tokyo, Japan earlier today has risen from 18 to 33 victims....
Japanese authorities have confirmed the death of at least 18 people and a dozen others injured as typhoon Hagibis made landfall in Japan. Rescue efforts are...
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), from Japan. According to the president’s special assistant on media and publicity, Femi Adesina,...
Japan and South Korea are showing no signs of resolving an escalating trade dispute, which traces back to 1910. It now poses a threat to the...
President Muhammadu Buhari In Thursday in Yokohama, Japan commended Nigerians in the Diaspora doing legitimate business and making the country proud. The president also said that...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Yokohama, Japan, told foreign investors that Nigeria has “very attractive investment opportunities with some of the highest returns-on-investment.” A statement...
